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not charms sufficient to hold tlje boys 

 to the farm, and that they grow up 

 longing for the city. If more attention 

 were given to making their home sur- 

 roundings more cheerful and attractive 

 for the sons and others of the ftiinily, 

 there would be less heard of this trouble. 

 And in all such work every proper 

 effort is sure to be seconded by the wife ; 

 while nothing is more natui-al than for 

 the children to be enthusiastic helpers 

 in this work. Such improvements of 

 course require some outlay, but this can 

 hardly prove othei'wise than a good 

 investment. Every dollar judiciovisly 

 spent in this way will soon be returned 

 many fold in the increased valuation of 

 any place, should it be desiraVjle to sell, 

 to say nothing of the greater happiness 

 and love of home that will thus be 

 inspired. 



Now that long evenings are at hand, 

 this subject should receive due con- 

 sideration. Plans may be drawTi up 

 for an impi'oved aiTangement of walks, 

 drives, flower beds, shrubbery, borders, 

 and other matters. Every detail of 

 these can be decided iipon, and entered 

 upon a map, long before winter is over, 

 so that when spring opens the work 

 can go on intelligeiitly and to the best 

 advantage,^ — Eli as A. Long, Architect. 

 in American Agriculturist. 



GRAPES AND TEMPERANCE. 

 Grape juice is so scarce, that out of 

 the State of California the adulteration 

 of wines is almost universal in our 

 country. Recipes for making wine of 

 any brand, and of any age, without a 

 drop of gi'ape jnice, are well known to 

 some wine dealers. The prohibitionists, 

 from Maine to California, and from the 

 Lakes to the Gulf, want more vineyards 

 and more grape juice, and welcome grape 

 culture as well as all other fruit culture, 

 as a powerful adjutant to their reform. 

 When the villagers and the rural culti- 

 vators can literally sit under their own 



vine and fig trees, when the tempting 

 clusters of the vine in the fresh state, 

 are upon the poor man's table for six 

 months in the year, when grape juice in 

 its various preparations is among the 

 family stores in every household, the 

 enticements of the grog shop will have 

 lost many of their charms. — American 

 Agriculturist. 



THE CALLA LILY. 



Planting out Calla ^thiopica in 

 summer needs only one trial to prove 

 its superiority to keeping it in pots, 

 for even the smallest single crowns put 



Calla Lily. 



out in May or June develop into line 

 stui-dy plants by September. It is such 

 a strong rooting plant that it will suc- 

 ceed in any fairly good soil, and good 

 plants even Avhen out of flower are 

 ornamental. For general purposes 

 single crowns are best, but large speci- 

 mens for entrance halls or conservatory 

 decorations are desii-able, and few plants 

 last longer in good condition in unfavor- 

 able positions than this Calla. — The 

 Garden. 



WOOD ASHES. 

 Wood ashes are one of the most 

 valuable fertilizers that a farmer can 

 apply to his soil. Ash from the wood 

 of the beech is said by chemists to con- 

 tain 96 lbs. of potash, 33 lbs. of lime, 

 6 lbs. of magnesia, 3 lbs. of phosphoric 

 acid besides sulphuric acid, to the bushel 

 of 60 lbs. From this it \vill be seen 

 how great their manurial value is. For 

 root crops of all kinds, grasses, clover, 



